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Extinct monitor lizard may have had a fourth eye

Started by Halichoeres, April 04, 2018, 04:13:35 PM

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April 04, 2018, 04:13:35 PM
According to the authors, the Eocene monitor lizard Saniwa ensidens is the only gnathostome with a fourth eye, a midline "parapineal" eye in the skull roof.



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